What does legislating mean?

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leg·is·lat·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. legislation, legislating, lawmakingnoun

    the act of making or enacting laws

Wikipedia

  1. legislating

    A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers of government. Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known as primary legislation. In addition, legislatures may observe and steer governing actions, with authority to amend the budget involved. The members of a legislature are called legislators. In a democracy, legislators are most commonly popularly elected, although indirect election and appointment by the executive are also used, particularly for bicameral legislatures featuring an upper chamber.

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  1. legislating

    Legislating is the act or process of making or enacting laws. This duty is typically performed by lawmakers in a legislative body in a government system such as a parliament, congress, or a council. It could also refer to the body of laws enacted by a legislative body. The process often involves discussion, drafting, modification, voting, and then finally being signed into law by an executive authority.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Legislating

    of Legislate

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of legislating in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of legislating in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of legislating in a Sentence

  1. Jeff Flake:

    A lot of people say [earmarks] grease the skids of legislating, that it helps us pass legislation, but it is not worth it.

  2. Kevin McCarthy:

    You can do this if you're legislating. This isn't about legislating.

  3. Michael Bennet:

    People are really, really grumpy. I'm grumpy too. I'm not grumpy about White House not being involved on the political side of things. I'm grumpy because we haven't been able to pass legislation that I think would be good for the country, and that we should be able to tell people about so that we can hold off a beginning of a return to Donald Trump, donald Trump'd be a lot better off and we would be having Donald Trump spend Donald Trump time out in the country talking to people than stuck in Washington talking to people about legislating.

  4. Julian Knight:

    Social media companies once alerted to this abuse have an acute responsibility to immediately take it down, the Government needs to get on with legislating the tech giants. Enough of the foot dragging, all those who suffer at the hand of racists, not just England players, deserve better protections now.

  5. Joe ManchinRead:

    Reconciliation was never intended to be our main focus or our main vehicle for legislation. That's not legislating.

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